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On 22 August 2013, at 17:08, hasufell wrote: |
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> … I was arguing from both sides. It is buggy, crashes a lot, consumes a |
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> lot of ressources and is able to slow down your whole desktop, mess with |
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> audio settings and whatnot. |
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My granny never had these problems, using Skype on her PC. |
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She uses it to chat to her cousin in Australia. |
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Whatever your complaints about a messaging application, you offer no solution if you don't offer a way to communicate with users who are only capable of running a setup.exe, who have this tremendously popular and well-known application already installed. |
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This "network effect" is not a new phenomenon: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect |
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Stroller. |
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